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very slow/slowly

Goog morning,
is it correct:
"He drives very slow" or "He drives very slowly"?
"Their house was built very bad" or "Their house was built very badly"

As "very" can be use after adjective or adverb, the sentences above are different for meaning only?

Thanks a lot!!!

Re: very slow/slowly

Hello Giuseppe

Many adjectives and adverbs can be modified by the adverb "very", so it is a bit confusing.

"Slow" is an adjective and "slowly" is its corresponding adverb. Adjectives typically modify nouns, but not verbs, and adverbs modify verbs and some other words, so "slowly" and "badly" are correct in your examples because they are modifying the verbs "drives" and "built".


You will sometimes hear people say *"He drives slow", and although it has the same meaning as "slowly", it is grammatically incorrect.



PaulM